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Classic 100: ComposerThe Top Ten & Selected HighlightsWho is your favourite composer?TheClassic 100, Australia's favourite classical music countdown, this year asked Australia the big question. The votes poured in: for the household names, the 'one-hit wonders' and for the unsung heroes, for the giants of the past and the voices of today. Composers of mighty symphonies, grand operas and intimate piano jewels; of timeless meditations, enchanting ballets and stirring film scores. The result was a dazzling array of 100 composers from 15 countries, stretching across nine centuries of music.The full list of names was announced live on air over the long weekend in June, counting down from No. 100 to the 'winner', Ludwig van Beethoven, at No. 1. It's the definitive ranking of Australia's favourite composers.This 2CD album offers a handy 'field guide' to that list: the top ten composers, plus a selection of highlights from across the full hundred, giving a taste of the extraordinary variety of styles, eras and genres. The timeless purity of medieval abbess Hildegard of Bingen; the sultry tangos of Astor Piazzolla. The irrepressible good humour of Haydn; the solemn beauty of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings; the towering might of Wagner and the delicate flight of Vaughan Williams' Lark Ascending.It's a wonderful way to dip your toe into the vast ocean of classical music, or introduce a friend to the glories of these magnificent composers. TRACKLISTCD1Rank1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro con brio12 JS BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro23 MOZART Symphony No. 40: I. Molto allegro34 TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture45 HANDEL Zadok the Priest56 VIVALDI The Four Seasons: Spring: I. Allegro67 CHOPIN Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 278 SCHUBERT Trout Quintet: IV. Theme and Variations89 RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Moderato910 ELGAR Enigma Variations: Nimrod1011 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending – excerpt11 CD2 1 MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto No. 2: III. Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace122 WILLIAMS Raiders of the Lost Ark: Main Title153 KATS-CHERNIN Wild Swans:Eliza Aria164 MAHLER Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto205 HAYDN Trumpet Concerto: III. Allegro256 HILDEGARD OF BINGEN O eterne Deus337 WAGNER Ride of the Valkyries358 FAURÉ Pavane399 RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez: I. Allegro con spirito5410 BARBER Adagio for Strings6111 KHACHATURIAN Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia6312 PIAZZOLLA Libertango6413 EINAUDI I giorni6514 PACHELBEL Canon7815 ORFF Carmina burana: O Fortuna99
Classic 100: Composer8CD box setWho is your favourite composer?In 2019, the Classic 100 asked the ultimate musical question: who is the composer you can't live without?There were those for whom this was an impossible task. One listener compared the process to choosing 'a favourite child'; another, 'which limb I couldn't live without'. But Australia did choose – in record numbers. Over 120,000 votes were cast, and every one had a story behind it. We heard the reasons why certain composers are an indelible part of your life: because of memories associated, or the feelings their music evokes, or often a reason beyond words.Beethoven was perhaps an unsurprising winner. For many, he is so important because he reflects the full palette of our own lives. 'He understands,' said one voter, deftly capturing his ineffable genius in two words. And while your votes put the top four – rounded out with JS Bach, Mozart and Tchaikovsky – in a league of their own, other composers in the top 100 were often just a handful of votes apart.This boxset brings together music by all 100 of the top composers – more than 10 hours of music across 8 CDs. Celebrate your favourites, and explore some new ones!VOLUME I CD11 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro con brio2 JS BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro3 MOZART Symphony No. 40: I. Molto allegro4 TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture5 HANDEL Zadok the Priest6 VIVALDI The Four Seasons: Spring: I. Allegro7 CHOPIN Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 28 SCHUBERT Trout Quintet: IV. Theme and Variations9 RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Moderato10 ELGAR Enigma Variations: Nimrod11 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending – excerpt CD212 MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto No. 2: III. Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace13 DVOŘÁK New World Symphony: II. Largo14 BRAHMS Symphony No. 4: I. Allegro non troppo15 WILLIAMS Raiders of the Lost Ark: Main Title16 KATS-CHERNIN Wild Swans:Eliza Aria17 SIBELIUS Finlandia18 SCULTHORPE Left Bank Waltz19 PUCCINI La bohème:O soave fanciulla20 MAHLER Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto21 VERDI Nabucco:Va', pensiero22 DEBUSSY Clair de lune CD323 SAINT-SAËNS Organ Symphony: IIb. Maestoso - Allegro24 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8: II. Allegretto25 HAYDN Trumpet Concerto: III. Allegro26 PÄRT Spiegel im Spiegel27 GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue28 RAVEL Boléro29 GRIEG Piano Concerto: I. Allegro molto moderato CD430 EDWARDS Maninyas: III. Second Maninya31 WESTLAKE Antarctica: Penguin Ballet32 PROKOFIEV Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet33 HILDEGARD OF BINGEN O tu suavissima virga34 BIZET The Pearl Fishers: Duet35 WAGNER Ride of the Valkyries36 GLASS Violin Concerto No. 1: First movement37 SATIE Gymnopédie No. 138 BERNSTEIN Candide: Overture39 FAURÉ Pavane40 MORRICONE The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe41 R STRAUSS Four Last Songs: Frühling42 HOLST The Planets: Mars, the Bringer of War43 COPLAND Fanfare for the Common Man44 MONTEVERDI Orfeo: Prologue – excerpt VOLUME IICD545 PURCELL Dido and Aeneas: Dido's Lament46 STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring – excerpt47 SCHUMANN Träumerei48 TELEMANN Tafelmusik: Conclusion49 BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1: III. Finale50 BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes: I. Dawn51 BORODIN Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances52 TALLIS Spem in alium53 LISZT Liebestraum No. 354 RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez: I. Allegro con spirito55 ROSSINI The Barber of Seville: Largo al factotum56 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade: I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship CD657 BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique: March to the Scaffold58 GRAINGER Handel in the Strand59 ZIMMER Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl60 CPE BACH Trio Sonata in A major: I. Allegretto61 BARBER Adagio for Strings62 C SCHUMANN Romance No. 163 KHACHATURIAN Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia64 PIAZZOLLA Libertango65 EINAUDI I giorni66 J STRAUSS II Blue Danube Waltz67 JENKINS Benedictus68 RUTTER For the Beauty of the Earth69 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7: III. Scherzo70 BOCCHERINI Minuet CD771 SMETANA Vltava (The Moldau) – excerpt72 SULLIVAN The Gondoliers: Overture73 ALBINONI Oboe Concerto in D minor: II. Adagio74 MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade and Gnomus75 J STRAUSS I Radetzky March76 BYRD Ave verum corpus77 BARTOK Concerto for Orchestra: II. Giuoco delle coppie78 PACHELBEL Canon79 CORELLI Christmas Concerto: Pastorale80 RICHTER Vivaldi Recomposed: Spring 181 SHORE The Fellowship of the Rings: The Fellowship82 PALESTRINA O beata et benedicta83 FANNY MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio: II. Andante espressivo84 RESPIGHI Ancient Airs and Dances: Bergamasca85 BARRY Out of Africa: Theme86 ALLEGRI Miserere – excerpt CD887 BARTON Kalkadungu Yurdu88 PAGANINI Violin Concerto No. 1: II. Adagio espressivo89 MASSENET Thais: Meditation90 GLANVILLE-HICKS Etruscan Concerto: III. Scherzo91 NYMAN: The Piano: The Heart Asks Pleasure First92 KORNGOLD Die tote Stadt: Glück, das mir verblieb93 KOEHNE Tivoli Dances: I. Santa Ana Freeway94 RAMEAU Les Indes galantes: Overture95 GÓRECKI Symphony of Sorrowful Songs: II. Lento e largo96 WHITWELL She Walks in Beauty97 D SCARLATTI Piano Sonata in G major, Kk45498 VINE Piano Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement99 ORFF Carmina burana: O Fortuna100 POULENC Mélancolie
What did the early Australian colony sound like? Apart from 'Bound for Botany Bay', it's not a question we ask ourselves very often. But it's a question that Shane Lestideau has set about trying to answer. Having just completed a master's degree on music in eighteenth-century Scotland, Shane was curious to know how much of this repertoire had been brought to Australia during the early years of European colonisation. The opportunity to research the topic was presented in the form of the 2019 National Folk Fellowship. It allowed her full access to the National Library of Australia's music collection, and she spent several weeks digging out the oldest and most interesting examples of Scottish baroque, classical and folk music as played and cherished by European immigrants in Australia. The stylistic distinctions between these three genres of music are particularly blurred in Scotland where one commonly finds traditional Scottish airs used in chamber and orchestral music.When it came to recording these works, Shane needed a band of brilliant, versatile performers who could move seamlessly between styles and musical periods, who could play these works as they were intended to be played.And what a band it is, featuring the beautiful voice and harp playing of Claire Patti (The Velvetones), Shane Lestideau andBen Dollman (Australian Brandenburg Orchestra) on period violins, Rachel Johnston on cello (formerly of the Australian String Quartet), and Emily-Rose Šárkova (from the genre-blending ensemble Chaika) on piano and piano-accordion.The result is One Hundred Days Away, a haunting album focusing on songs and tunes that are linked to the sea, a nostalgia for 'home', or the struggle to settle in unfamiliar lands. Part classical, part folk, part Scottish, part Australian, this album captures the musical – and emotional – landscape of the early Australian settlement.Evergreen EnsembleClaire Patti soprano & Celtic harpEmily-Rose Šárkova piano accordion & pianoRachel Johnston celloShane Lestideau violin, violin d'amoreBen Dollman violin & viola
Music by Dr Allan Zavod | Words by Dr Alan FinkelNarrated by Sir Richard BransonMelbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Northey"…delivering such an important message in a language that is as accessible as possible is key to The Environmental Symphony'spotential to communicate with a broad audience." – Limelight (2015)ABC Classic presents The Environmental Symphony, an ambitious and epic work that spans five billion years, from the formation of the planet through to the devastation of our current age.Released on United Nations World Environment Day, Wednesday June 5, The Environmental Symphony sounds a warning of what will happen if we don't act boldly and decisively to address our climate crisis, but ends with an optimistic vision of a greener, cleaner future.With music by the genre-bending Dr. Allan Zavod, words by Dr. Alan Finkel, narrated by Sir Richard Branson, and performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and conductor Benjamin Northey, this recording is a major international release that lends some musical muscle to the ongoing political and environmental fight against climate change. Known for his unique creative blend of improvised jazz and classical music, Dr. Allan Zavod wasone of Australia's most exciting pioneers of fusion music – a pianist, composer, arranger, producer, and conductor, he broke down barriers between genres alongside international superstars such as Eric Clapton, Frank Zappa, Sting, Nigel Kennedy and many more. The Environmental Symphony was his last major work before his death in 2016.Dr Alan Finkel, a friend and admirer of Allan Zavod's performance and creative prowess, was honoured when Zavod asked him to provide the storyline and the libretto for The Environmental Symphony. They shared the belief that music and science could unite to provide a fresh insight into the problem of global warming. Currently Australia's Chief Scientist and a former Chancellor of Monash University and President of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, Finkel has had a long and successful career in industry. He has received many accolades and awards, and is passionate about science education.Since starting youth culture magazine Student at aged 16, Sir Richard Branson has found entrepreneurial ways to drive positive change in the world. In 2004 Richard established Virgin Unite, the non-profit foundation of the Virgin Group, which unites people and entrepreneurial ideas to create opportunities for a better world. Most of his time is now spent building businesses that will make a positive difference in the world and working with Virgin Unite and organisations it has incubated, such as The Elders, The Carbon War Room, The B Team and Ocean Unite. He also serves on the Global Commission on Drug Policy and supports ocean conservation with the Ocean Elders.Australian conductor Benjamin Northey is the Chief Conductor of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and the Associate Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Highly active in the performance of Australian orchestral music, Northey is an Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, his awards include the prestigious 2010 Melbourne Prize Outstanding Musician's Award and the 2002 Brian Stacey Memorial Scholarship, as well as multiple awards and nominations for his numerous CD recordings with ABC Classic.The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is a leading cultural figure in the Australian arts landscape, bringing the best in orchestral music and passionate performance to a diverse audience across the nation and around the world. Each year the MSO engages with more than 5 million people through live concerts, TV, radio and online broadcasts, international and regional tours, recordings and education programs. From its home at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, to free summer concerts at Melbourne's largest outdoor venue, the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, the MSO evolves and inspires a broad range of audiences with more than 160 concerts a year. Sir Richard Branson narratorMelbourne Symphony OrchestraBenjamin Northey conductor
ABC Jazz is proud to release a new album from Judy Bailey's Jazz Connection. This iconic Sydney outfit has been led by award-winning pianist Judy Bailey oam – one of Australia's most highly regarded jazz artists, composers, arrangers and educators – since the 1990s. Made up primarily of emerging artists, most of them studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Jazz Connection is an elite jazz orchestra that fosters talented young jazz musicians, giving them the opportunity to perform live at prestigious festivals and venues such as the Sound Lounge (Seymour Centre), Jazz Groove Association (Club 505) and the Sydney Opera House.Judy Bailey is one of Australia`s leading musical identities, with numerous awards, including the inaugural APRA award for Jazz Composition, an Australian Entertainment award for Jazz Performance, the Order of Australia Medal for services to Jazz and Education, and the Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music. She continues to teach at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.This studio album, recorded in December 2018 at Sydney's Studio 301, showcases Bailey's compositional talent, featuring both new works and new big band arrangements of some of her classics hits. Recorded in a single day, the album captures the energy and creative flair of the band - which features up-and-coming soloists including Tom Avgenicos, Lachy Hamilton and 2018 National Jazz Award winner Alex Hirlian.All tracks written and arranged by Judy BaileyJudy Bailey's Jazz ConnectionSaxophones: Lachlan Hamilton Jack Stoneham Michael Avgenicos Chris Higgins Anthony TummilloTrumpets: James Power Tom Avgenicos James Sarno Tom ArblasterTrombones: Ellie Shearer Jacob Parks Lawson McGuinness Des CanningsRhythm Section: Matt Harris (piano) Yutaro Okuda (guitar) Sarah Evans (bass) Alex Hirlian (drums)
"Australia's greatest composer" Limelight magazinePeter Sculthorpe created an Australian classical music that for the first time spoke directly of the land, the people and the spirit of this country.Released to coincide with what would have been his 90th birthday, The Best of Peter Sculthorpe brings together more than two hours of his best-loved and most iconic works, from solo piano works played by Tamara-Anna Cislowska, to orchestral works and concertos performed by great soloists William Barton, Karin Schaupp and Amy Dickson, and his 18th and final string quartet.Born in Launceston on 29 April 1929, Sculthorpe rose to international recognition by creating a uniquely Australian style of music. From the wet season of the Northern Territory in Kakadu to the brutality of the southern summer in Sun Music IV, from the seaside war memorial that inspired Small Town to the timeless connection between Indigenous people and their land represented in Earth Cry, Sculthorpe captured the extremes of the country's natural landscape, and stirred the imagination of its people.Sculthorpe was made an officer of the Order of Australia in 1990, and an Australian National Living Treasure in 1998. He died in 2014, at the age of 85. TRACKLISTING PETER SCULTHORPE 1929–2014 CD11. Music for Bali2. Earth Cry William Barton didgeridoo Island Songs – Concerto for Saxophone3. I. Song of Home4. II. Lament and Yearning Amy Dickson saxophone5. Small Town6. Sun Music IV7. Djilile Tamara-Anna Cislowska piano8. On High Hills9. Irkanda IV Richard Tognetti violin10. New Norcia CD21. Left Bank Waltz Tamara-Anna Cislowska piano2. Nourlangie – Concerto for Guitar Karin Schaupp guitar3. Evocation Tamara-Anna Cislowska piano4. From Ubirr William Barton didgeridoo String Quartet No. 185. I. Prelude6. II. A Land Singing7. III. A Dying Land8. IV. A Lost Land9. V. Postlude Flinders Quartet10 Kakadu
Camerata – Queensland's Chamber Orchestrafeaturing Katie Noonan vocals ABC Classic invites you on a magical journey into a world of fairies, dreams and enchanted trees, where love and music are more powerful than anything. Join us on The Little Green Road to Fairyland.Two small children, Maykin and her brother Robin, are being settled in their beds by their mother, who is reading their favourite book, The Little Green Road to Fairyland. Slowly they fall asleep, when a Fairy appears through their bedroom window, sprinkles her magic fairy dust over the sleeping children, and takes them on a magical journey!Based on the beloved children's book by author Annie R. Rentoul and illustrator Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, this album features gorgeous music by composer Elena Kats-Chernin performed by one of Australia's greatest singers, five-time ARIA Award-winner Katie Noonan, and Camerata - Queensland's acclaimed chamber orchestra.This timeless tale and beautiful music will spark the imagination of audiences young and old with a tale of love, hope, compassion and a touch of fairy magic.Originally commissioned by the Queensland Music Festival in 2011, The Little Green Road to Fairyland was recommissioned in 2019 as a co-production between Queensland Music Festival and Queensland Ballet. The Little Green Road to Fairyland will be performed at the Playhouse, QPAC and will tour regional Queensland throughout June and July 2019. TRACKLISTING The Little Green Road to FairylandOriginal ballet score by Elena Kats-Chernin, orchestrated by Steve Newcomb1 'Long Ago'2 Fairy3 The Dream Begins4 Robin and Maykin in the Magic Forest5 Mary6 Tree of Love7 Hopscotch Frolicking8 Travelling9 Meeting Jasper10 Fairy's Flute11 Jasper's Flute12 Mesmerised13 Travelling14 Tree of Music15 Flute Travel16 Meeting Sylvie17 'Hush-a-Bye Possum'18 Travelling19 Tree of Compassion20 Sylvie's New Dress21 Tree of Magic: 'Fairy Child'22 Time to Depart23 Butterfly and the Little Green Road24 The Door to Fairyland25 'Beyond the Little Door'26 Fairyland27 Waking from the Dream
On his new album, Australia's 'Prince of the Violin', Patrick Roberts pays tribute to the beloved music of soft rock legends Air Supply, alongside Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock of Air Supply and the Prague Symphony Orchestra.All Out of Lovereimagines Air Supply's timeless songs on classical violin – sometimes with orchestra, sometimes with piano, but always with an outpouring of emotion. Iconic hits 'Even the Nights Are Better', 'All Out of Love' and 'Making Love Out of Nothing at All', plus covers of beloved favourites 'Unchained Melody' and 'Without You' (made famous by Mariah Carey) make this an album packed full of beautiful new versions of classic tunes.In 2018 Patrick was invited to record on Air Supply's new orchestral album alongside Tommy Emmanuel, Secret Garden, The Carpenters, Joshua Bell and many more. Following these sessions, Graham and Russell offered to appear on Patrick's next album, recording the serene, intimate versions of 'All Out of Love' and 'Lost in Love'that you hear on this record. Air Supply also invited Patrick to perform with them on their 2019 Australian Tour.Formed in Australia in 1975 by Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock, Air Supply had a string of worldwide smash hits in the late 70s and early 80s. A string of singles reached the very top of the charts in America, Australia and Canada, establishing Air Supply as household names. The band were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2013.Patrick Robertshas been entertaining audiences for over 25 years. Picking up the violin at the tender age of five, he has been classified as a true violin genius and has transformed some of the much-loved classics into contemporary masterpieces. Best known to audiences through his appearances on Carols By Candlelight and on Channel 7's Good Friday Appeal for the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. His recent album, Pink, debuted at #1 on the ARIA Classical chart. TRACKLISTING 1 All Out Of Love2 Even The Nights Are Better3 Love And Other Bruises4 The One That You Love 5 Lost In Love6 Without You7 Here I Am11 Unchained Melody12 Making Love Out Of Nothing At All13 The Power Of Love (You Are My Lady)14 Two Less Lonely People In The World Patrick Roberts violin withGraham Russell and Russell Hitchcockvocals (tks 1, 5)Prague Symphony Orchestra(tks 2, 3)
Experience ultimate relaxation with Classical Chill.These albums feature some of the most beautiful and peaceful music ever written, perfect for concentration or relaxation. Be swept away by 500 years of gorgeous, calming music, from Bach to Beyoncé, hand-picked by the team at ABC Classic.With over two hours of music in each collection, you can hit 'play' on the Classical Chill series and float away with the most beautiful music ever written. These albums will put you at ease and help you focus on what's at hand – whether that's studying for exams, racing towards a work deadline, or simply curling up on the couch with your favourite book.Classical Chill: Guitar offers over two hours of acoustic, resonant beauty: from classical favourites to timeless folk tunes, South American flavours to beloved Beatles songs. With a who's who of Australian guitarists including the Grigoryan Brothers, Tim Kain, Matt Withers, Karin Schaupp andGareth Koch, this album will carry you away with beautiful music. TRACKLISTING CD1 MYERS Cavatina from The Deer HunterLOVELADY Incantation No. 2BACH Sinfonia from Cantata No. 156CHARLTON The Beauties of the World Are Revealed for the First Time from The Rainbow SerpentKOCH The Unveiled QueenORFFAmor volat undique (Love flits everywhere) from Carmina buranaSCHUBERT In Praise of TearsGREENBAUM Sonata for Guitar: II. ElatedTRAD. Wild Mountain ThymeBACH Cello Suite No. 6: II. AllemandeMcLEAN Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)LENNON–McCARTNEY YesterdayRACHMANINOFF VocaliseCHARLTON ReverieTRAD. Banana Boat SongALBÉNIZ TangoMONTES Preludio de AdiosRODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez: II. AdagioCD2 BACH Cello Suite No. 1: I. PreludeVIVALDI Lute Concerto in D major: II. LargoGRIGORYAN DistanceBREL Chanson des vieux amantsMOZART Divertimento in D major: II.AndanteBRAHMS Intermezzo, Op. 118 No. 2DEBUSSY Clair de lune (Moonlight)PIAZZOLLA Tango Suite: II. AndanteSOR L'Encouragement: I. CantabileRIGNEY Two Swings in the Heart-Shaped GardenTRAD. Slow, Slow, Slow Your BoatHOUGHTON DriftTRAD. The Salley GardensISAACS AngelFALLA AsturianaFALLA NanaPONCE EstrellitaBACARISSE Romanza Artists include:Slava & Leonard GrigoryanKen Murray • Matt Withers • Karin SchauppGareth Koch • Guitar Trek
Experience ultimate relaxation with Classical Chill.These albums feature some of the most beautiful and peaceful music ever written, perfect for concentration or relaxation. Be swept away by 500 years of gorgeous, calming music, from Bach to Beyoncé, hand-picked by the team at ABC Classic.With over two hours of music in each collection, you can hit 'play' on the Classical Chill series and float away with the most beautiful music ever written. These albums will put you at ease and help you focus on what's at hand – whether that's studying for exams, racing towards a work deadline, or simply curling up on the couch with your favourite book.Classical Chill: Pianofeatures the most famous works from across the history of classical music, from legendary composers (Bach, Beethoven) to modern masters (Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt), plus new recordings of iconic pop songs including Beyoncé's Halo, Flume's Never Be Like You, The Knife's Heartbeats, and Miley Cyrus' Wrecking Ball.Featuring beloved Australian pianists such as Jayson Gillham, Simon Tedeschi, Sally Whitwell, Tamara-Anna Cislowska, Stephanie McCallum, Gerard Willems and Roger Woodward, this album is both a beautiful, relaxing compilation and also the perfect introduction to the world of the piano, whether you're a classical aficionado or a pop enthusiast. TRACKLISTING CD1 DEBUSSY Clair de luneGRIEG Morning MoodROWLAND The Man from Snowy River: Jessica's ThemeTRAD. Amazing GraceFLUME Never Be Like YouMILEY CYRUS Wrecking BallEDWARDS A Flight of Sunbirds:IV. Poco lentoVIII. Andante con motoTIERSEN Amélie: La DisputeROTA Romeo and Juliet: Love ThemeCHAPLIN Mandolin SerenadeVINE Love Me SweetBARTSCH Here I Am, Just for YouKATS-CHERNIN ButterflyingBACH / HESS Jesu, Joy of Man's DesiringJUSTIN BIEBER SorryTHE KNIFE HeartbeatsBARTSCH RockabyeISAAC BarcarolleGERSHWIN Prelude No. 2 CD2 BEYONCÉ HaloNYMAN The Piano: Big My SecretBEETHOVEN 'Moonlight' SonataDEBUSSY The Girl with the Flaxen HairTIERSEN Amélie: Comptine d'un autre été: L'Après-midiLISZT Consolation No. 3 GLASS OpeningTHE XX IslandsDUDLEY Poldark: ThemeCHOPIN Nocturne in E-flat majorKATS-CHERNIN The Rain PuzzleROWLAND The Man from Snowy River: Tom Fool's KnotVANGELIS Missing: Main ThemeBRAHMS Intermezzo, Op. 118 No. 2SCULTHORPE Left Bank WaltzPÄRT Spiegel im SpiegelKATS-CHERNIN All Things ConspireROSENMAN East of Eden: Main ThemeSATIE Gymnopédie No. 1MORRICONE Cinema Paradiso: Main ThemeArtists include:Jayson Gillham • Tamara-Anna CislowskaSimon Tedeschi • Stephanie McCallum • Gerard WillemsRoger Woodward • Sally Whitwell • Duncan Gifford • Ewa Kupiec
ARIA Award-winning musician Dan Sultan has today announced Nali & Friends, a new album of children's music and stories to be released April 12. Nali & Friendsis a tale about unconventional, oddball animals from different parts of the world. Co-written with longtime friend and collaborator, filmmaker Rhys Graham, the stories were inspired by the pair's journey through Uganda and Kenya working with The Thin Green Line Foundation - an international organization that provides welfare and support to Wildlife Rangers. It was during this trip that Dan & Rhys had the opportunity to get up close with baby animals and observe their quirky personalities. The resulting album is bursting with playful, upbeat songs, interwoven with heart-warming stories about growing up, protecting our natural world, and learning to accept difference. Whilst Nali & Friends is Dan's first full-length kids album, he is no stranger to the genre - having previously collaborated with children's music icons The Wiggles and Play School.
Amy Dickson saxophonewith William Barton didgeridoo • Daniel de Borah pianoAdelaide Symphony Orchestra, cond. Nicholas Carter Grammy-nominated superstar saxophonist Amy Dickson returns with her most personal album yet, exploring connections between classical composers and the folk music of their homelands.From the red dirt of the Australian desert to the rolling green hills of the Scottish Highlands, In Circles unapologetically celebrates folk music and the tremendous influence it has had on music around the world and throughout history.As Dickson says, "Folk music breathes the very identity of a country, and in troubled times can be a source of solace, over and over again. At the core of folk music lies a beating heart of humanity to which we return again and again. The creation itself of this music requires personal, family and social connections – in a word: kinship."This sense of community and togetherness is amplified by the collaborations on this album. With celebrated composer and didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton, Dickson explores music by Australian composers Ross Edwards, Peter Sculthorpe and Barton himself. With acclaimed pianist Daniel de Borah she traverses Europe, from Brahms to Falla, Pessard and Vaughan Williams. And Nicholas Carter and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra explore archetypes of traditional Scottish music in a world premiere recording of Sir James MacMillan's Saxophone Concerto, written specifically for Dickson.Dickson continues, "In today's frenetic digital age, folk music offers us a refuge: the enduring simplicity and nostalgia embodied in this music provides timeless sanctuary from the relentless surge of modernity." We invite you to take a deep, relaxing breath and join us at our table, our fireplace, and with our family. Twice nominated for a Grammy™ award, Amy Dickson made history by becoming the first saxophonist to win a Classic BRIT Award, as Breakthrough Artist of the Year. In January 2016 she was named Young Australian of the Year in the UK; she has since been acknowledged by BBC Music Magazine as one of the world's six best classical saxophonists, both past and present. Recognised for her remarkable, distinctive tone and exceptional musicality, Amy Dickson has performed throughout the world in such prestigious venues as The Wigmore Hall, Sydney Opera House, Royal Albert Hall, the Konzerthaus in Vienna and theBerliner Philharmonie. TRACKLISTING 1 PESSARD Andalouse2 SCULTHORPE Djilile3 FALLA Jota4 MACMILLAN From Galloway5 TRADITIONAL She Moved through the Fair MACMILLAN Saxophone Concerto 6 I. March, Strathspey and Reel 7 II. Gaelic Psalm 8 III. Jigs with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Carter (Live Recording)9 GRAINGER Shepherd's Hey10 BRAHMS Hungarian Dance No. 411 ANONYMOUS Discovery12 FALLANana13 BARTON Kalkadunga Yurdu VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Six Studies in English Folk-Song 14 I. Adagio 15 II. Andante sostenuto 16 III. Larghetto 17 IV. Lento 18 V. Andante tranquillo 19 VI. Allegro vivace20 EDWARDS Yanada


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The Tribeca Drive-In series will showcase The Birds, Beetlejuice and new festival selection Lil Bub & Friendz [pictured], while Family Screenings include a sneak preview of The Smurfs 2.
The signature free community events are: the Tribeca Drive-In (Apr 18-20), Family Festival Street Fair (Apr 27), Tribeca/ESPN Sports Day (Apr 27) and Family Screenings (Apr 21 and 27).
"Every year we seek to provide new opportunities for the community to come together to laugh, be entertained and to celebrate film through events like our Drive-In movies on the Hudson, screenings in partnership with MoMA PS1 or free screenings of a family comedy like The Smurfs," said Tribeca Film Festival director of programming Genna Terranova.
"In addition, we are excited to continue to build our public programming with a variety of free exhibitions that celebrate storytelling and innovation and engage the New York creative community."
For the full line-up of events visit the official website.

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Thanks for this icon set. Any news about the mentioned merging?bimsebasse wrote:My shady ulterior motive is to have this merged with Mint-X for Mint 13 or 14, I just gotta present it on the mint-x github page and take it from there.
There's a folder named MintApps in the archive, and there's a document about changing the mint tools' icons inside. Here's what it says:cwwgateway wrote:I love the icons, although the mint tools don't seem to have new icons (I might have to reboot). If it makes any difference, I'm running LMDE.
These 5 Mint apps won't change icons when you change icon theme, you'll have to do that manually.
Navigate as root to usr/lib/linuxmint/
In "usr/lib/linuxmint/mintBackup" rename "icon.png" and "icon.svg" and paste the "icon.png" and "icon.svg" from the downloaded mintBackup folder into the usr/lib/linuxmint/mintBackup folder.
In "usr/lib/linuxmint/mintInstall" rename "icon.svg" and replace with the "icon.svg" from the downloaded mintInstall folder same way as above. This you have to do for all five folders, same procedure.
Reload the shell to see the effect.


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Friday 25 January
|Canis (1)
The world's largest wild canid, the iconic grey wolf (Canis lupus) has been a source of both fear and respect, inspiring a rich cultural history (2) (5). In general appearance, this species resembles a large domestic dog, but has longer legs, larger feet, a narrower chest and a straight tail (2) (3). The fur is thick, with an outer layer composed of coarse guard hairs, below which a soft undercoat is present. The coat undergoes an annual moult in late spring, with a short summer coat growing simultaneously, which continues to develop into a winter coat in the autumn and winter (3). The most common coat colour is grey flecked with black, with lighter underparts, but individuals and populations also occur that are red, brown, black or almost pure white (2). The grey wolf's sensitive ears and nose help it to track down prey, while the long legs enable it to make high-speed, lengthy pursuits (2).
Highly social and intelligent, the grey wolf is an efficient predator, capable of working together with other individuals to bring down large prey, ten times the size of an individual wolf (5). This species is most commonly found in packs, particularly in winter, usually numbering around 5 to 12 related individuals, although pairs and lone wolves also frequently occur (2) (5). Within the pack there is a clear dominance hierarchy, with the breeding pair possessing a strong, year-round pair bond. The breeding pair dominates the rest of the pack, which are usually the offspring (2). Packs may range over territories spanning 75 to 2,500 square kilometres depending on prey density. In order to advertise territorial boundaries and avoid encounters with other packs, grey wolf packs employ scent-marking and howling (2) (5). On occasions when packs meet violent fights occur, often resulting in fatalities (5).
While grey wolves have a varied diet, prey mostly comprises large ungulates, such as moose, caribou, deer, elk and wild boar (1). Smaller animals, livestock, carrion, berries and refuse may also be taken (1) (5). Prey is hunted down and often pursued in a chase which can last between 100 metres and 5 kilometres (2). The grey wolf's keen observational skills enable packs to identify and single out individuals that are young, old or in poor condition (2) (5). Attacks usually focus on the rump of larger prey and on the head, shoulders, flanks and rump of smaller animals. On average, the grey wolf consumes 2.5 to 6.3 kilograms of food per day, and will cache surplus food in the form of prey parts or regurgitated chunks (2).
The grey wolf breeds between January and April, with the exact timing depending on latitude (2). Unless food is particularly abundant, only the dominant pair will breed, with the reproduction of other mature females suppressed by aggression and direct interference with copulation attempts by the dominant individuals (3). The dominant female bears a litter of 1 to 11 offspring (typically 6) in the spring after a gestation period of 9 weeks (2). The cubs are raised in a den located in a hole, cave, pit or hollow log, and are weaned at 8 to 10 weeks old. Starting at about three weeks of age, prey parts and regurgitated scraps are provided (2). If food is plentiful, the cubs are ready to travel with the pack at five months old, and by the next breeding season most juveniles leave the pack and disperse (6). Reproductive maturity generally is reached at 22 to 46 months, and lifespan in the wild can reach up to 13 years (6).
Historically, the grey wolf held the title of the world's most widely distributed land mammal. It ranged throughout much of the northern hemisphere, from Mexico, north through North America to the Arctic, and throughout most of Eurasia, as far south as southern India. Today, however, this species has a more restricted distribution, occurring mainly in wilderness and remote areas of Canada, Alaska, northern USA, Europe and Asia, and is extinct in parts of Western Europe, Mexico and the USA (1). There are seven Eurasian and five North American subspecies of grey wolf currently recognised, although subspecies are subjectively based so can change (2).
In accordance with its expansive range and adaptable nature, the grey wolf can be found in a wide variety of northern habitats where suitable food occurs, including forests, tundra, taiga, deserts, plains and mountains (1) (5). It is generally absent from heavily populated human settlements and areas of intensive cultivation (3).
The grey wolf has a long history of persecution, as well as hunting and trapping for its fur, which has reduced its historical range by almost a third (1) (5). The greatest levels of persecution occurred in developed areas of Europe, Asia, Mexico and the United States, leading to massive declines and extermination in many regions primarily via poisoning (1) (6). Fortunately, since around 1970, legal protection, land-use changes and shifts in human populations away from rural areas to cities have halted the grey wolf's decline and allowed natural recolonisation of parts of Western Europe and the USA (1). By contrast, legal protection is lacking in many developing countries, and persecution remains widespread. Habitat loss and fragmentation are also having a significant and growing impact of grey wolf populations. Despite these threats, the grey wolf is not considered to be threatened, its range remains large, and its overall population is stable (1). This should not, however, obscure the precarious status of some subspecies and regional populations, which require conservation action to ensure their survival (2).
Due to the large disparity in the grey wolf's status in different parts of its range, conservation action and protection is highly variable. This species is subjected to regulated harvesting in Alaska and Canada, and is protected in the USA, Mexico and many European countries, with captive breeding and reintroduction efforts underway in the southwest USA, where the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program is working to restore extirpated populations of the Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) (1) (2). The grey wolf is also protected in China, India and Pakistan, although enforcement is lacking (2). In other parts of the grey wolf's range, such as most of the Middle East, central Asia, and Russia the grey wolf has no legal protection. This is not a cause for concern in areas where this species is abundant, and indeed, sustainable utilisation of its fur occurs in countries such as Canada and Russia, as well as control and reduction programs (1) (2). Nevertheless, improved enforcement of existing protection areas, and conservation efforts targeting declining populations of this charismatic species would be beneficial.
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Kinder Morgan says it intends to increase the capacity of its proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project by almost 20 per cent as a result of commitments it has received from shippers wanting access to Asian markets through the Alberta-to-Burnaby pipeline.
In a news release Thursday, the pipeline company said it now has 13 customers in the oil producing and marketing business that have signed long-term contracts to have 700,000 barrels a day of oil delivered to Burnaby.
The expansion makes it the largest of two proposals to bring additional oilsands bitumen to the West Coast, eclipsing Enbridge's 520,000 barrel-a-day Northern Gateway proposal.
"These additional commitments will result in an increase in the proposed expansion capacity from 750,000 barrels per day to 890,000 barrels per day," the company stated in a news release.
That total is enough oil per day to fill 56.6 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Most would be destined for Asian markets, increasing tanker traffic through Vancouver harbour from the current five tankers a month to an estimated 34 tankers a month.
Kinder Morgan subsidiary Trans Mountain already operates a 300,000-barrel a day pipeline along the route delivering oil and gasoline to the Interior, southwestern B.C., Washington State and offshore markets. Increasing demand has resulted in existing customers, like Chevron Canada's Burnaby refinery, having their quota cut back. Chevron is supplementing its supply by bringing oil in by rail and tanker truck.
Kinder Morgan Canada president Ian Anderson said in a news release that the expansion represents a capital investment of $5.4 billion and will complete the twinning of the existing pipeline from Strathcona County, Alberta, to Burnaby. Kinder Morgan had previously set the cost of the expansion project at $4.1 billion.
The expansion is being opposed by municipalities such as Vancouver and Burnaby as well as First Nations, concerned over the risks of an oil spill.
"We are not at all surprised that this news of increasing the capacity has come up," said Tsleil-Waututh First Nation councillor Carleen Thomas. The Tsleil-Waututh live on the north shore of Burrard Inlet immediately across from Kinder Morgan's Westridge oil terminal in Burnaby.
"We are still adamantly opposed to it and will continue to push for nation-to-nation conversation and dialogue about this expansion," Thomas said. "The risks are too great to accept. We all know that's not if a spill happens. It's when a spill happens."
Plans call for the expansion to follow the existing pipeline route wherever possible. Kinder Morgan is currently consulting with stakeholders along the route and conducting environmental and socio-economic impact assessments. It intends to file an application with the National Energy Board later this year to build and operate the expansion project.
Kinder Morgan Canada president Ian Anderson cited the company's safety record in a news release on the announcement, saying Trans Mountain already has an existing footprint and established relationships. The company refers to the project as brownfield, meaning it is an addition to an existing facility, rather than greenfield, a totally new project — such as what rival Enbridge is proposing for northern B.C.
Trans Mountain was cited by the National Energy Board last November over a 90,000-litre crude oil spill at its Sumas tank farm near Abbotsford in January 2012, where operators failed to respond to warning alarms for three and a half hours, believing them to be false alarms. It took six hours from the first alarm before an operator arrived at the scene of the spill.
Eric Swanson of the environmental group Dogwood Initiative said the expansion shows clearly that the oilpatch wants to get more oil to the British Columbia west coast.
"But most British Columbians don't seem to be interested, so it comes down to a political decision," said Swanson. "Some shippers have made a commercial decision to support KMX 3 — Kinder Morgan's plans, but the most important decision has yet to be made by the British Columbia government."
He said although there are differences between the Enbridge and Kinder Morgan pipeline proposals, the fundamental issues are the same for B.C. residents.
"The question for British Columbians is whether we want to accept this category of catastrophic risk increasing at all. And we have quite a bit of evidence that most British Columbians — depending on what polls you look at, a wall of First Nations and a significant number of local governments — don't want it at all."
Jock Finlayson, chief policy officer at the Business Council of B.C., said the additional $1.3 billion spent on the project expansion will benefit the province through jobs and business opportunities.
But the fundamental issue, he said, is the Canadian impact of the pipeline expansion.
"At a time when we rather urgently need to be looking to diversify markets for energy, which is by leaps and bounds Canada's largest export category; and need to expand capacity to get energy to existing markets, the Kinder Morgan project would do both of those potentially.
"From a Canadian point of view, it highlights the importance of going down that road, notwithstanding the fact that there are people who won't like it for global and local reasons. That is not new.
"I believe this whole discussion around energy market diversification and energy infrastructure capacity constraints is hugely important from a Canadian point of view. That perspective doesn't seem to be shared by a lot of municipal people here in Vancouver.
"But this is about Canada's ability to do business globally."


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Friday 25 January
|Daubentonia (1)
The bizarre mammals (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is one of the most unusual primates on the planet, so much so that it was originally classified as a rodent (2). The thick coat of the aye-aye is slate grey to brown with white flecks from the long guard hairs, which are lighter at the tip (2). The face is paler than the rest of the body with large, leathery ears and striking, yellowish-orange eyes (2). The hands of the aye-aye are also highly distinctive, having elongated, thin fingers, which bear curved, claw-like nails (4). In particular, the third digit is so extremely thin that it appears to be little more than skin and bone (2). The aye-aye is the largest nocturnal primate and has a long, bushy tail (4).
The mammals is a nocturnal and solitary creature (5). The day is spent within a nest constructed from twigs, often located high in the crown of tall trees. Different nests are utilized on consecutive days and by different individuals (5). Male aye-ayes have large overlapping home ranges, of between 100 and 200 hectares, which encompass those of several females. Individuals scent mark their home range by rubbing parts of their neck, cheeks and rump regions onto branches (2). There is no fixed breeding season and female aye-ayes advertise their readiness to mate through distinctive calls (2). A single offspring is born after a gestation period of 160 to 170 days (2) (6) and remains within the nest for around two months before emerging (5). It is thought that females may have intervals of up to three years between births (2).
The extraordinary morphology of the aye-aye's hands are adaptations for foraging. The extended middle digit is used for a number of purposes, such as scooping the pulp out of fruits such as coconuts and ramy nuts (Canarium madagascariensis) (2). However, the aye-aye is probably best known for its technique of finding the insects and larvae that make up the majority of its diet. The middle finger is used to tap at branches and the sound produced reveals cavities where insects might be found (5). In this respect, this primate occupies a niche that is filled by woodpeckers elsewhere (4). Once prey is located, the aye-aye tears through the wood with its strong upper incisors and then removes the prize with its long finger (5).
Endemic to Madagascar, the aye-aye is now known to be more wide-ranging than was previously thought, occurring in dry forests in the northwest and west of the island as well as the rainforest of the east coast (4). Introduced populations also occur on the islands of Nosy Mangabe and Aye-Aye, which is located above Mananara Nord (1). However, in all localities this species appears only at very low densities (8).
The aye-aye is found in a range of habitats from primary rainforest to dry deciduous forest (5).
The mammals is at risk from the widespread deforestation that is threatening all of Madagascar's primates, as forests are cleared to make way for agriculture and development (2). This species exists at low densities and therefore requires large areas of suitable habitat for a viable population to exist (2). This bizarre-looking animal is the subject of many beliefs in Madagascar and in some regions is seen as an ill omen and is persecuted as a result (2). The aye-aye will feed on plantation crops such as coconuts and lychees and may therefore be treated as pests in some areas (2).
A number of protected areas within Madagascar are known to hold populations of the mammals (6), including Ankarana Reserve, Ranomafana National Park, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park and Nosy Mangabe Special Reserve (8). Captive breeding colonies exist at the Duke Primate Centre, North Carolina (6), at Jersey Zoo (7) and at London Zoo (8). Due to the elusive nature of the aye-aye, population estimates are extremely difficult, but the species is believed to be in decline (2). These concerted conservation efforts will be vital in securing the future of this intriguing and unique mammal.
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The Rip Curl Pro Portugal completed Round 4 this afternoon in punchy two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at the backup venue of Belgas.
Event No. 8 of 10 on the 2010 ASP World Tour, the Rip Curl Pro Portugal executed the three-man, non-elimination Round 4 this afternoon with surfers pushing the boundaries of high-performance surfing and the event setting up for a possible finish tomorrow.
Jordy Smith (ZAF), 22, current ASP World No. 2, proved the form surfer of the day, netting a near-perfect 9.93 out of a possible 10 for an incredible aerial 360.
"That score didn't change my approach much actually," Smith said. "Jadson (Andre) and Owen (Wright) can pull big scores out at any moment. I knew I could ease up and needed a solid backup score."
One of the remaining threats in the hunt for the 2010 ASP World Title, Smith remains nonchalant when discussing his plans for the end of the year.
"It would be nice to win but there's more to life than just the title," Smith said. "It's an incredible opportunity for me to have for someone at my age and I'm just looking forward to the end of the year. I'm enjoying myself."
Kelly Slater (USA), 38, reigning nine-time ASP World Champion and current ASP World No. 1, dominated his Round 4 heat today, taking advantage of the non-elimination format.
"This round definitely allows you to relax and loosen up a bit for sure," Slater said. "Of course, winning today takes the pressure off a little bit and let's you bypass a round on the last day."
Adrian Buchan (AUS), 27, current ASP World No. 6, opened up today's action in incredible form this morning, dispatching of Matt Wilkinson (AUS), 22, and Michel Bourez (PYF), 24, en route to his advancement to the Quarterfinals.
"It's really fun out there but kind of hard to find the ones that really line up," Buchan said. "Matty (Wilkinson) and Michel (Bourez) were really getting frustrated out there, but I was just focusing on picking good waves and surfing them completely."
Jeremy Flores (FRA), 22, current ASP World No. 20, kept the European contingent progressing through the day, taking out his Round 4 bout and moving to the Quarterfinals of the Rip Curl Pro Portugal.
"It's all good," Flores said. "As long as I win heats, I'm stoked. I haven't had the best waves in the last few heats but today was pretty fun. The last few years, I've been trying add airs and fin throws to my repertoire and it hasn't been working. I've moved back to what I do best and it's been working really well for me. I'm stoked to be in the Quarterfinals and hope I can keep going."
Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow at 8am at the primary site of Supertubos to assess conditions for a possible 8:30am start.
When competition resumes, up first will be Michel Bourez (PYF), 24, up against Chris Davidson (AUS), 33, in Heat 1 of Round 5.
Magicseaweed, official forecasters for the Rip Curl Pro Portugal, are calling for the swell to fill in for a potential finish tomorrow at Supertubos.
Highlights from the Rip Curl Pro Portugal will be available via http://live.ripcurl.com
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Heat 1:Adrian Buchan (AUS) 14.77, Michel Bourez (PYF) 9.03, Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 5.50
Heat 2:Kelly Slater (USA) 13.60, Damien Hobgood (USA) 10.83, Chris Davidson (AUS) 6.08
Heat 3:Jeremy Flores (FRA) 14.07, Travis Logie (ZAF) 13.73, Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 10.17
Heat 4:Jordy Smith (ZAF) 17.16, Jadson Andre (BRA) 13.57, Owen Wright (AUS) 12.07
Heat 1:Michel Bourez (PYF) vs. Chris Davidson (AUS)
Heat 2:Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. Matt Wilkinson (AUS)
Heat 3:Travis Logie (ZAF) vs. Owen Wright (AUS)
Heat 4:Jadson Andre (BRA) vs. Patrick Gudauskas (USA)


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World Summit 2005 / Sommet Mondial 2005 / Cumbre Mundial 2005
High-level plenary meeting of the 60th session of the General Assembly, 14-16 September 2005
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World Summit Treaty Event - Focus 2005: Responding to Global Challenges
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Annotated preliminary list of items to be included in the provisional agenda of the sixtieth regular session of the General Assembly (A/60/100)
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2 rescued from Strasburg apartment fire
Flames broke out around 2:30 a.m.
Firefighters pulled two people out of a burning apartment building in Strasburg borough Saturday morning.
The fire started around 2:30 a.m. on the 100 block of Miller Street.
Firefighters believe the fire began in the basement and was caused by the furnance. Deputy Chief of Strasburg Fire Company John Stoltzfus says the fire spread like wildfire.
When firefighters arrived, they say multiple people were trapped. Stoltzfus says the two people were pulled out of the window on the first floor of the building. They were taken to Lancaster General Hospital and flown to Chester Crozer Medical Center for treatment of their burns, according to Stoltzfus.
The contents of the home are a total loss, but the structure is still salvagable, according to Stoltzfus.


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The Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series of Hope College will feature poet Mark Yakich and fictionist Tony D'Souza Tuesday, March 11, at 7 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre.
The Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series of Hope College will feature poet Mark Yakich and fictionist Tony D'Souza Tuesday, March 11, at 7 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre.
In addition, the two writers will be featured during a question-and-answer discussion earlier in the day, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the DeWitt Center Herrick Room.
The public is invited to both event. Admission is free.
Mark Yakich's debut book of poems, "Unrelated Individuals Forming a Group Waiting to Cross," was a winner of the 2003 National Poetry Series, and, according to poet James Galvin, is full of "journeys, crossings, and departures - all evocative of the loneliness, alienation, and desire for identity with another." Yakich's award-winning follow-up book, "The Making of Collateral Beauty," is called both companion to and descendant of his first book because each new poem shares a title with a poem from the first book. Yakich has worked in the European Parliament and has degrees in political science, West European studies, and poetry.
Tony D'Souza's critically acclaimed debut novel "Whiteman" won both the Sue Kaufman Prize from the AmericanAcademy of Arts and Letters and the 2007 Great Lakes College Association New Writers Award for Fiction. "Whiteman" episodically tells the story of a young American relief worker living in a Muslim Ivory Coast village. "Salon" reviewer Laura Miller has observed that "each little tale nestled in [the] novel has an intoxicating, fireside charm. Some of the tales are sad, or spooky or bawdy, but all of them seamlessly combine the ancient allure of folklore with a modern, Western literary elegance." D'Souza spent three years in the Peace Corps in West Africa working as a rural AIDS educator.
The Hope College Jazz Ensemble will precede the reading at the Knickerbocker with a 6:30 p.m. performance.
Additional information may be obtained online by visiting www.hope.edu/vws.
The DeWitt Center is located at 141 E. 12th St., facing Columbia Avenue at 12th Street. The Knickerbocker Theatre is located in downtown Holland at 86 E. Eighth St.


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Frequently, I get customers asking me "How could I make something like…" and they point to a beer in the cooler, or name something they recently tasted. Right up my alley, no? And usually I can give them a fair approximation of style, strength, bitterness guidelines, on the spot, without much thought. Occasionally, though, there are stumpers. Beers I've never tried, or even never heard of, or that are just too difficult for all but the most experienced home brewers to do justice to.
A gentleman named Peter came into the store the other day and bought a case of the Amber Ale brewed by Peak Brewing, an organic brewery in Portland, Maine. I had tried the beer when it first came out a couple years ago, but didn't remember it very well. This guy asked me "How could I brew this beer?" Turns out he had been a homebrewer back in the day (perhaps 30 or more years ago!) and hadn't brewed in a long time – but was thinking about starting again. A challenge, to be sure – how could I give the guy a recipe for a beer I didn't know well? That was quickly solved – he handed me a bottle and said "here's your homework"…
So here goes. Along the way to the recipe, this is how I generally approach the task of creating a clone brew, as I did during the aforementioned arduous research for my book.
The Research
Before opening and tasting any beer I hope to replicate, I do my homework – read the label, read the six-pack or case box, go to the website. Rarely does a brewer fail to give some hints about his or her beer – some list grains and hops used, some talk about their yeast, most give at least the % abv and the IBU's. I was able to find out that Peak Amber is brewed to 4.9% abv, has 37 IBU's and gets its color and complex malt flavor from crystal malt and "generous" amounts of Munich malt. That's not a complete recipe, by any means, but to the discerning home brewer it's a pretty good start.
Next I open the beer. I evaluate it as if I were judging it, looking at color, clarity, head, then aroma, then body and flavor, maltiness and bitterness, aftertaste and overall impressions. I try to figure out, as best I can, which hops or which general style of hops were or could be used, which malts are necessary to get the color and body I am tasting, and especially I try to detect any traces of a distinct yeast profile. There are certain commercial yeast strains that jump out at you, if you've tasted them.
Finally I begin to plan the brew – I know the final alcohol content I want, I know roughly the final gravity the beer must have (based on the fullness of the body, the residual sweetness of the malt, etc.), so I can figure out how much fermentation needs to happen and from what approximate starting point. I proceed to calculate how much of the main ingredients, especially extracts, I will need to reach that OG, tweak it a little for color and body, determine how to arrive at the IBU level I want with the hops I have decided to use, and then compare yeast profiles with what I have (or haven't) detected in the beer. Usually I make up both an all-grain and an extract-based version of the recipe – the first for me, the second for customers who, like Peter, are not ready to step up to all-grain brewing just yet.
I'm going to leave this sounding arcane and mysterious for the time being, but I promise I will return to this and talk about recipe formulation, gravity and IBU calculation, etc. in a later post.
The Recipe (extract-based)
Steep 1/2 lb. medium crystal malt (60°L) and 1 lb. toasted Munich malt (toast on a cookie sheet for 15 minutes at 375°F) in 2-1/2 gallons of cold water. Raise temperature gradually to 160°F, hold for 20 – 30 minutes. Remove grains, rinse into kettle with 1/2 gallon hot tap water. Heat kettle contents to boiling, add either 5 lbs. light dry malt extract (DME) or 7 lbs. light malt extract syrup. Stir in well to avoid sticking and burning on the bottom. When the wort returns to boiling, add 5 AAU's of a bittering hop (such as Galena, Nugget, or Northern Brewer). Boil 30 minutes, add 5 AAU's of a different bittering/flavoring hop (Columbus or Challenger, perhaps). After another 30 minutes, 60 total, remove from heat and chill. Add to a sanitized fermenter along with enough chilled, pre-boiled water to make up 5-1/4 gallons. Take a hydrometer reading. Make sure the wort is between 65 – 80°F, pitch an American Ale yeast (White Labs WLP001) or 15 g. of a clean dry ale yeast, such as Cooper's. Primary fermentation should take about 10 days, then rack to secondary and age & clarify for about two weeks. Prime with 2/3 cup corn sugar, bottle and condition for two weeks.
abv 4.8 – 5.0%
37 IBU's
Note: Peak brews their beers with 100% organic ingredients. If you can find organic malt extracts, grains and hops, you should use them to stay true to Peak's mission. You can, however, brew a similar beer with conventional ingredients.
All-Grain version
Mash 6 lbs. lager malt, 1-1/2 lbs. Munich malt, 1/2 lb. medium crystal malt (60°L), 1 lb. toasted Munich malt (toast 15 minutes at 375°F) in 14 quarts water at 152°F for 60 minutes. Runoff and sparge with 14 quarts of water at 170°F. Collect 26 quarts sweet wort. Bring to a boil, add hops as above. After a total boil of 60 minutes, chill to 75-80°F, pour into fermenter, pitch yeast and ferment as above.


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Topher Weiss-Lehman '10 earned a prestigious National Science Foundation graduate fellowship to support his doctoral research at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Weiss-Lehman is studying invasive species through a theoretical lens. His current project involves building mathematical models to study the effects of introducing invasive species into microbial systems. This work could lead to new medical treatments using invasive microbes to combat disease.
"These sorts of treatments have already proved successful, but we don't know yet why they work," he says.
At Colorado, Weiss-Lehman is part of the first cohort of students in a new program in interdisciplinary quantitative biology. During their first year, he and his fellow students rotated through various labs at the university so they learn about the diversity of approaches to scientific inquiry.
Weiss-Lehman's own work draws on his passions of mathematics and ecology, both of which grew during his Earlham years.
"I came to college thinking I would major in mathematics, but when I took Ecological Biology with [Professor Emeritus] Bill Buskirk, I was hooked. That course got me thinking about the underlying questions of biology in ways that hadn't occurred to me before."
He also worked closely with Assistant Professor of Biology Chris Smith and spent a summer working for Tom Mitchell-Olds '78, who runs a plant genetics research lab at Duke University.
"I was able to complete three or four complete research projects as an Earlham student, and I got a summer job in a laboratory thanks to Earlham connections. Those things were excellent preparation for the work I am doing now."
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — With his third and fourth goals in two games, including another Goal of the Week-caliber strike, Federico Higuain and the Columbus Crew won consecutive games for the first time all season, as they defeated Toronto FC 2-0 on Saturday at Crew Stadium.
The win earned the team its fifth Trillium Cup trophy in the contest's six-season history, and moved head coach Robert Warzycha into a tie for all-time Columbus wins with Tom Fitzgerald (1996-2001) at 70. Warzycha joined just 13 other MLS coaches, four active, to have reached the mark.
Higuain broke the game open in the 19th minute, giving the Crew a 1-0 lead after driving home a deflected shot by Bernardo Añor. Fullback Chad Barson found space on the wing, and put a cross directly on Anor's foot. The Venezuelan fired a shot into Toronto keeper Joe Bendik, and Higuain flew into the box to slot the rebound past the displaced goalkeeper.
His first goal seemed to energize Higuain, who spent the remainder of the match making plays all over the field. With the recently-altered Columbus formation giving him more ability to roam free without being out of position, Higuain was dangerous on his own and in creating opportunities for others.
The Argentinian added to his tally in the 67th, when he sized up Bendik, who was only steps off his line, and floated a perfectly-placed chip past the Toronto keeper to give the Crew a 2-0 lead that they would not relinquish. The strike was Higuain's ninth goal of the season, tied for Dominic Oduro for the team lead.
Añor, in his advanced midfield role, and wingers Justin Meram and Oduro were beneficiaries of Higuain's creativity, finding themselves in scoring areas more often than in recent memory, including multiple attempts on goal that were kept out from good goalkeeper play by Bendik.
Toronto winger Bobby Convey, who assisted both stoppage time goals in TFC's comeback victory over Columbus on July 27, found little of the same success, as the Crew fullbacks seemed intent on shutting down service from the wings.
Overall, Toronto's attack sputtered, as they only managed two shots on target all night, and rarely connected on final balls in the box. However, Bendik had a strong match despite allowing Higuain's goals, as he made five saves, and helped keep the visitors' hopes alive.
Newly-acquired forward Maximiliano Urruti made his MLS debut for Toronto FC, coming on for the final 25 minutes of the match, but he could not make an immediate impact in his first action with his new team.
The win brings the Crew to 29 points on the season, still good for just eighth place in the Eastern Conference, while Toronto remain at ninth place in the conference, nine points back of Columbus. Both teams are back in action next Saturday, as the Crew will face Real Salt Lake on the road, while TFC will play at RFK Stadium against D.C. United.
MLSsoccer.com Men of the Match
|What We Saw
|Federico Higuain
|Is back in form when his team most needs it. The chip on the second goal could be even more impressive than last week's
|Agustin Viana
|Helped to lock down TFC on the flanks and was able to neutralize Convey and Osorio when they were on his side of the field
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Hans Hofmann painted To Miz—Pax Vobiscum, 1964, near the end of his long career as an eminent painter and influential teacher. Stylistically, the Modern Art Museum's painting, with its striking rectangular planes of color, exemplifies Hofmann's late style, while, chronologically and personally, the composition suggests an occasion of closure and renewal for the artist.
Hofmann coined the term "push and pull" to signify a composition's ability to evoke flatness and depth simultaneously. The artist believed that this was the essence of painting and "only from the varied counterplay of push and pull, and from its variation in intensities, will plastic creation result."(1) "Push and pull" is abundantly evident in To Miz—Pax Vobiscum, where abutting and overlapping planes, the range and juxtaposition of colors, and the variations in paint texture and brushwork produce a dynamic play and tension between surface and space. The slabs of color—their edges crisp and soft, their colors flat and modulated—command and fascinate the viewer's eye. The ceaseless movement between flatness and space in To Miz—Pax Vobiscum not only reflects what Hofmann considered the essential concern of painting, but also, perhaps more importantly, his view of painting as expressive of a life force, "a metaphor for life itself—more lifelike than the imitation of nature."(2) This latter notion is particularly relevant to the Museum's painting, as it is a composition which, through its intense color and spatial dynamics, exalts the life of Hofmann's wife and his own continuing vital engagement with painting.
Maria Wolfegg Hofmann, known as Miz, died in 1963. She had met the artist in 1900 and married him in 1924. The death of the woman he had known for so many years, and of whom he said "lived my art and for my art," profoundly affected Hofman.(3) He initially expressed his grief with the uncharacteristically somber black and red splashes of In the Vastness of Sorrowful Thoughts, 1963 (University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley). However, Hofmann soon followed this with To Miz—Pax Vobiscum, rendered in the intense, bold colors typical of his late style is a large, vivid composition, created during his period of mourning. Hofmann explains the work as expressing his "negative ecstasy."(4)
The negative ecstasy that Hofmann association with To Miz—Pax Vobiscum can be conceived as his acceptance of the mystery of life and death, and his ability to feel and express its beauty in his art. That the painting, unlike the earlier In the Vastness of Sorrowful Thoughts, offered Hofmann a sense of emotional resolution is further suggested by the Latin phrase he included in the painting's dedicatory title: "Pax vobiscum" means "peace be with you."
— Mark Thistlethwaite
(1) Hofmann quoted in William C. Seitz, Hans Hofmann (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1963): 27.
(2) Ibid., 80.
(3) Cynthia Goodman, Hans Hofmann (New York: Abbeville Press, 1986): 96.
(4) Ibid.


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Because I know, despite the fact that he's standing next to Cameron Diaz and looking like he's totally OK with it, and despite the fact that he's getting a bit on in age (he just turned fifty-two in September), he's still completely and entirely gorgeous and doable in my book, which is a big, eclectic book filled with
binders of women many handsome men like Gael Garcia Bernal and Adrien Brody. And also Colin Firth.
Which brings me to my next somewhat-related though definitely-a-result-of-disjointed-erratic-thinking: who were your celebrity crushes when you were, say, thirteen? Who got your little, bitty, adolescent heart beating? Because when I think of my current Hottest Men of All, it vastly differs from Sarah's Hottest Men of Fifteen-Plus Years Ago. Back then my favorites were people like Isaac Hanson, Devon Sawa, Rider Strong, Leonardo DiCaprio, OOH! And Macaulay Culkin, too. I always had the biggest crush on him. I actually sent away for a signed photograph of MC back when Home Alone was a big thing, and I think I might still have that somewhere. Let's see, who else … there was Matthew Lawrence, younger brother of Joey Lawrence (who I never "got"), Freddie Prinze, Jr.
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Оговорки и заявления по Договору №:153 - Европейская конвенция по вопросам авторского и смежных прав в рамках трансграничного спутникового радиовещания
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Европейский советCommunication contained in a Note verbale from the Council of the European Union and the Commission of the European Communities, dated 27 November 2009, registered at the Secretariat General on 30 November 2009 – Or. Engl./Fr.
The Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community will enter into force on 1 December 2009.
As a consequence, as from that date, the European Union will replace and succeed the European Community (Article 1, third paragraph, of the Treaty on European Union as it results from the amendments introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon).
Therefore, as from that date, the European Union will exercise all rights and assume all obligations of the European Community, including its status in the Organisation, whilst continuing to exercise existing rights and assume obligations of the European Union.
In particular, as from that date, the European Union will succeed to all agreements concluded and all commitments made by the European Community with your Organisation and to all agreements or commitments adopted within your Organisation and binding on the European Community.
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2. The authorities of Gibraltar have a local character and exercise exclusively internal competences which have their origin and their foundation in a distribution and attribution of competences performed by the United Kingdom in compliance with its internal legislation, in its capacity as sovereign State on which the mentioned non-autonomous territory depends.
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4. The process provided for by the Arrangements relating to Gibraltar authorities in the context of certain international treaties (2007) which have been adopted by Spain and the United Kingdom on 19 December 2007 (jointly with the "Agreed Arrangements relating to Gibraltar authorities in the context of EU and EC instruments and related treaties", dated 19 April 2000) apply to this European Convention relating to questions on copyright law and neighbouring rights in the framework of transfrontier broadcasting by satellite.
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U.S. EPA Announces More Than $880,000 Available in Border Environmental Funding; Several workshops for grant applicants to be held in US and Mexico
Release Date: 07/17/2013
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(Dallas – July 17, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announces $884,000 in grants available for the US-Mexico border region in Texas and New Mexico. The funds will be awarded under the Border 2020 U.S.-Mexico Environmental Program, in coordination with the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC). All proposals must be submitted by August 29, 2013.
EPA will award grants to projects that reflect the goals of the Border 2020 program, especially those supporting work in the Texas/New Mexico border region. Project types include improving air quality monitoring networks; developing applications for reusing water; developing bilingual outreach campaigns to stop illegal dumping; updating sister city-plans; improving understanding of each country's compliance and enforcement roles; and other projects that help fulfill the goals and objectives of Border 2020. Greater consideration will be given to proposals that leverage other resources and demonstrate measurable results.
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7/19/13—McAllen Firemen's Pumphouse, 201 N. 1st Street, McAllen, TX, 9:30-11:30 am
7/24/13—Del Cerro Community Center, 180 La Fe Ave., Vado, NM, 3-5 pm
7/30/13—American Dam/Carlos Marin Field Office, 2616 West Paisano Drive, El Paso, TX, 3-5 pm
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8/1/13—Estación Palabra "Gabriel García Márquez," Ave. César Lúpez de Lara #1020, Sector Aduana Enfrente de la Plaza Primero de Mayo, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, 1-3 pm
8/7/13—Sala Río Bravo, COCEF, Blvd. Tomas Fernández #8069, Fracc. Los Parques, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 3-4:30 pm
Eligibility is open to U.S. and Mexican non-governmental organizations; local and state government agencies; industry associations; universities; U.S. tribes and Mexican indigenous communities. Proposal applications can be downloaded from the BECC website at www.cocef.org or the EPA Border 2020 website at, www.epa.gov/border2020.
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The Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building, known to most on campus as Gray Cage, is Bates' second-largest indoor athletic facility. Before the construction of Merrill Gymnasium, the Cage was used for indoor track events and athletic practices. Renovated in 1992, it now houses a large, rubberized, multipurpose surface used for intramural sports, indoor team practices, and large concerts and events.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — AJ Allmendinger won five races during the 2006 season in Champ Car, then walked away hoping to launch a new career in NASCAR.
He was at the top of his game when he left open-wheel, and figured he'd make a smooth and successful transition to stock cars.
Instead, he suffered through a miserable five years.
Now, in what seems like a blink of an eye, it has all turned around for Allmendinger.
No driver has had a better offseason than "The 'Dinger," who landed the ride of a lifetime right before Christmas when Penske Racing picked him to fill the seat left suddenly open when the team split with former NASCAR champion Kurt Busch.
Then he opened the 2012 racing season with an impressive victory in the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Allmendinger was the anchor for Michael Shank Racing, and used a gritty final stint — he was behind the wheel almost three hours at the end — to give longtime friend Shank his first victory in nine tries in the prestigious endurance event.
It was Allmendinger's first major racing victory since he walked away from Champ Car at the end of the 2006 season.
"It's always cool to be me," Allmendinger quipped when asked about the last five weeks.
Then he quickly turned serious.
"No, I'm just kidding. The last five years, it's actually (stunk) to be me."
It was indeed a struggle as Allmendinger went from the top of one series to the bottom of another.
On paper, a deal with upstart Red Bull Racing seemed too good to pass up. The deep-pocketed team was making its entrance into NASCAR and it wanted Allmendinger to drive one of its two cars.
It was a disaster from the very beginning.
Red Bull wasn't ready to race in the elite Sprint Cup Series, and even worse, it had no development plan for Allmendinger, who was brand new to stock cars. Most open-wheel drivers have been eased into NASCAR with races in either the second-tier Nationwide Series, the Truck Series, or the non-NASCAR affiliated ARCA Series.
But Allmendinger was thrown right to the wolves, and it became obvious immediately that the team and the driver were in very much above their heads.
Both Allmendinger and teammate Brian Vickers struggled to even qualify for races that season, and missing out on the events further slowed Allmendinger's development. It didn't take long for him to wonder if he'd made a huge mistake in moving to NASCAR. But the open-wheel leagues were in turmoil, and not even after the merger of Champ Car with the IndyCar Series did Allmendinger know for sure where he belonged.
He called that 2007 season, "Hell. Honestly, it was the worst year of my life when it came to my career.
"There were plenty of times in my bus on Friday, (after) missing a race, it was either, 'Should I go back to IndyCar or slit my wrists?'" he said. "It sounds kind of over the top, but I knew I wanted to be in the Sprint Cup Series. That's where the best of the best was. With the two series still split, I had done what I did in Champ Car, and at the point, the IRL wasn't appealing to me. I had a great opportunity to go to the Sprint Cup Series.
"It was just a tough couple of years. The last few years have been tough."
He was eventually tossed aside at Red Bull, and landed with Richard Petty Motorsports, where he won a pole and led 232 laps over the last two years. He also became consistent, and notched 10 top-10 finishes, winding up 13th in points when the 12-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup championship field was set.
Even so, his future was unclear.
Best Buy decided to pull its sponsorship from RPM, and the team didn't have the funding to field a car for Allmendinger. Then Busch split with Penske, and team owner Richard Petty suggested Allmendinger to Roger Penske for his suddenly open seat.
"When you part with a driver with the skills that Kurt has, you don't just pick up the phone book and find someone who fits into his shoes," said Penske, who was familiar with Allmendinger's work in Champ Car.
"He was a great open-wheel driver," Penske added. "He beat Will Power a couple of times, and you don't beat Will Power if you're not a pretty good shoe. We had a couple other people we were looking at, (but) knowing what we could give him and how our sponsors were very happy to have AJ, it was a whole package."
Now Allmendinger is with a team that won five races last year and put both Busch and Brad Keselowski into the Chase. He knows it's the opportunity of a lifetime, and hopes Sunday's win at Daytona is the first of many trips to Victory Lane.
''The last few years have been tough," he said. "I feel like the last two years I've at least gotten a good rhythm, and it makes me feel good to know that a guy like Roger Penske can look at my talent and say, 'You know what? He might not have a Cup win and you have (sponsor) Shell/Pennzoil that's used to winners and champions in their cars, but if we give him the right stuff he might be able to do that.'"


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From your office Christmas party to festive catch-ups with friends, we're here to help plan an unforgettable tailored Christmas party with everything you could ever need.
We're all about celebrating in style at All Bar One Liverpool Street and our festive buffet is just perfect for keeping the party going with indulgent bites and sweet treats.
Looking for vegetarian and vegan options or just after something packing a healthy kick? Check out our plant-based buffet from only £16.50 per person.
Our Christmas Buffet Menu will be available from 5th November 2019.
A £10 deposit per person is required for all festive bookings